The 2008 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 4, 2008, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 86th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on September 9, 2008.
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Republican Party of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 6, 2009.
Results
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | ∆pp | No. | ∆No. | % | |||
| Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | 134 | 1,516,633 | 54.87 |  0.01
|
87 | 2
|
64.93 | |
| Republican Party of Minnesota | 134 | 1,211,020 | 43.81 |  0.63
|
47 | 2
|
35.07 | |
| Independence Party of Minnesota | 11 | 14,601 | 0.53 | 0.22
|
0 | 
|
0.00 | |
| Green Party of Minnesota | 3 | 6,648 | 0.24 | 0.11
|
0 |
|
0.00 | |
| Independent | 3 | 9,717 | 0.35 | 0.32
|
0 |
|
0.00 | |
| Write-in | N/A | 5,670 | 0.21 | 0.03
|
0 |
|
0.00 | |
| Total | 2,764,289 | 100.00 | ±0.00 | 134 | ±0 | 100.00 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 157,209 | 5.38 |  1.48
|
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| Turnout (out of 3,740,142 eligible voters)[1] | 2,921,498 | 78.11 | 17.64
| |||||
| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State,[2] Minnesota Legislative Reference Library[3] | ||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "Minnesota election statistics 1950-2014" (PDF). Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved August 13, 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Results for all State Representatives". Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
- ^ "Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
External links
- Color shaded map showing winning margin by district (PDF) from 2008 Election Maps, Minnesota Secretary of State
